Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-30
NO.
CHAPTER ].

The other occupant ol the SMOKING room,
lounging to tie length ri six feet and proper
tionate breadth in the frailest of cane chairs,
took the slenderest of cigarettes from his lips
to answer succinctly:
"An ass
George Everad the lover of Cicely Gre
VILE; time honorcd description, sufficiently
detailed, seeing that h. WIS 50 much lover
as to be nothing ehr at this period Of his ex-
istence, was standing ~ the fire thawing his
limbs, still with the cold ef long lunrney on
a bleak January day; itc ln"kei down on the
rtcumbeht figure with amusement Ill his face
and remarked
Zone couldn't pick him OUT of a crowd by
that. Is he nothing else: What is lie here
for.p
Leslie sighed. as one who prrfnrce resigns
himself to the trouble OF a long answer. and
BEGAN in the mellow tones and deliberate
manner which gave effect to the style of his
conversation.
you've heard uf Guiiweii. the Bpautifier!"
NO, haven't"
mol But might have srrmiSed rs much
Though that You should have been able to
travel for so many years between your rooms
and the office without seeing something of
him, if you did not hear Of him, is note
worthy"
"W ho wants tn hear anything about Gull
wellin
MY dear fellow, You have never opened
novel in your life, dare say, otherwise you
would not need to be told that it is proper to
begin with the first generation; to wit. in this
case, with the grandfather of the hero Gull
well is the world renowned inventor of nose
machines, eye openers, lip improvers, hair
curriers', etc, whose advertisements are found
pasted on the tropics and fiutter-ing from
either pole. He made everything whatever
that beauties, including a large fortune
He had three daughters part of the dodge;
he could experiment on them, and they could
put him up to the requirements of the SEX;
they were called Cool, Fragrant and Deli
cious, after the complexion wash. Cool and
Fragrant died; Delicious married one Samuel
Theakston, to whom was born a son. Teddy,
at present a guest in the ancient manor house
of Greville's Dyke, and likely to remain so.
Pm afraid, for an indefinite period As soon
as old Gullwell Snail I've good enough 10 get
out Of his dotage into his grave said Teddy
comes into so many millions, billions trilions
don't know the exact figure, but You can
tack on ciphers To pielSe yourself There's
nothing so easy to add, and its one of the
biggest piles ever made at the expense of {.
credulous public"
you may as well tack on the ciphers, then,
but you have not told ME why he Is here27
Leslie glanced at his friends face, so en-
tirely undisturbed by what he had heard
with a somewhat peculiar look
Haven't Il" he said Thought | had
Well, you must be left TO the enlightenment
of events. Time, as the story books say, will
show
as there anybody else staying berel7
"Old Lady Chntoek and her grandchildren
and q young woman she brought with her of
the name of Rabbit"
Rabbit Impossible!"
sRealfy; does it strike you 500 Well, then,
perhaps it was Hare if that sounds more
reasonable. George, look IL your defenses.
There are four OF us-GrevilIe. Theakston,
you and land Miss Whatever her maine
may be will marry the weakest to certain
ty. Yes, as sure as l am all unprotected
bachelor l have invoked all the gods to pre-
serve me from such fate"
MY dear fellow do not find it so easy to
get married as yon imagine" answered
George, thinking of Cicely
Miss Hare could be nothing to him-not a
very safe prediction, by the by, for any one
human being to make of another in this mar
row world. Which of IL, can say who shall
be anything to him before the end of the
chapterl
Sweet Cecily Greviie with her dark eyes,
her bright, unexpected answers, her provok
ing independence, her adorable gentleness-
no, it was not so easy, be thought His court
ship of her, if such knock kneed perform
ance could be called courtship, had been
going on quite long enough; was likely at
this rate to 60 Oh till doomaday, or until she
was married TO some bOider man So he had
told himself in tine train And lie had come
down from town full OF the resolution to
know his fate this time, one way or another
But now, as he stood on the rug, staring at
Leslie without seeing him, it seemed so very
likely to he the other way! And it was
always so with him. that when he was far off
he would plot and plan to I've near her once
more; toinsure his never having to part from
her again; and when he was near he would
teel how excellent thing is patience-what a
good friend time-aud how foolish it would
be to run the risk of losing all by startling OF
offending her.
ties, much toll and ease for others, and very
little pleasure for himself; and this bright TO
nance, coming at II time when lifting of the
clouds made space for 1t to settle, was grown
too dear for him to face the possibility of it
unfavorabie termination with anything like
courage Such lover may linger fatally
long OH the brink, waiting for "a sign, ant
Cecily Greville was not one to lift finger fol-
his encouragement
Sweet and frank a. she was, with an almos
childlike simplicity, there was a delicate
touch Inc not air enshrOuding her to wnici
George was extremely sensitive. And, as HI
thought, he never got any nearer
Bat here his uneasiness ended. Howeve
little he might BIO to her he knew that IL
other man was more. Hitherto lie had haC
no rival.
The freight shone on her sunny hair, OF
her graceful figure, and on the crysanthe
NUNS at her throat Us she came forward d
greet him. How fair she looked, and h
thought, with pang of mingled pain am
pleasure, how young. He hoped that no one
saw his motion. Cicely, at any rate showed
NO consciousness of it. She was, as always
entirely mistress of herself and of the situa
ton She made him welcome, and intro
duced him to those he did not know. T,
Miss Hare, dark and slender, of the appear
ance called ladylike, In the description o.
toilet known as half mourning; to Mr. Theak
ston, fair, tall, good looking; made much o.
by Mrs. Greville, and tolerated by her son
And In all her words and movements sht
showed that ease and gentleness of manner h'
20 well remembered and SO greatly admired
II beneath this graceful self possession wert
hidden a shrinking modesty. and the shyes
heart In the world, how was Everad II
know lit
Though the inspiration almost came to him
that evening-that happy dreamlike evening
which he was to recall in the days that fol
lowed as a crown of sorrow to their pam
For he felt sure, then, that she was a little
glad to see him, and to have him at her side
again. He could take her into dinner, hi
found; and he could stand by her chair in
the drawing room afterward, while she told
the children the story Of the three bears
which, she said, they insisted on hearing
every day, until Miss Hare held out white
she moved to the piano, and Theakston
sprang up to turn over the leaves for her,
making little CALCULATIONS and remarks all the
time, like one who cannot keep long silent;
until he was attracted to the group by the
fire, and Everad could take his place, and
watch the color deepen in CIcely 5 cheek at the
change. He was perfectly happy now, and
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